cars, transportation and landscape photography Apr 2013

Bernd Kammerer is a Germany-based photographer who works worldwide. Besides his people and fahion work he mainly travels on assignment for corporate magazines from the major car manufacturers.

Vintage, brand new, or still in the computer (CGI), Bernd will ensure clients' cars look as if they're really driving.

With in-house image editing, the company is currently working on jobs for Infinity shot in England and Lamborghini shot in Florence.

Clients include Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, BMW, Maserati, Lamborghini, McLaren and Infinity.

Technical versatility and innovative views - bluestudios' quality is in great demand among long-term clients such as Continental, Volkswagen, Reifen.com, Blaupunkt, Valtra, Claas and Dent Wizard. They all rely on bluestudios' refined and experienced style.

In-house post production facilities and CGI operators, as well as a studio suitable for car shoots completes the studio's features. Visit the website to discover latest work and don't miss bluestudios' app for Smartphone and Android.

Chris Myhill has continued to work with many cultures in different countries over the last twelve months. He maintains a good relationship with agencies in China and has therefore spent time working on various advertising campaigns there. A new venture with a fab production company in Istanbul has resulted in two great Ford campaigns. He is looking forward to taking that relationship forward into the moving image.

In the UK, Chris shot for Innocean and Kia to produce the still images for their client’s campaign that broke in December.

Continuing his personal projects, Chris further explored aircraft, on this occasion the awesome SR-71 ‘Blackbird’. The aircraft looks so different depending where one views it from, it feels like many different aircrafts incorporated in to one huge presence. Also the quiet streets of a city, opposite of the daytime reality.

Daniel Fiore is considered one of the leading Italian automotive photographers. He has worked with many of the major car brands, on advertising and below the line productions.

His attention for lighting and the perfection of details are the most important features of his photography. He is perfectly comfortable shooting in the studio or on location, and has many years' experience working with a network of partners around the world that allows him to shoot anywhere with great ease. His latest production involved shooting an automotive video.

Clients include Mercedes, Renault, Ford, General Motors, Lexus, Toyota, Hyundai, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Ferrari, Maserati, Citroen, Peugeot, Nissan, Infiniti, Volvo, Mazda, Mahindra and Iveco.

Darren Capp studied Fine Art Photography at college and has been shooting for over 20 years. His art-based study guides his work with perception and style across both his advertising and personal images.

Photographic assignments have taken him across the globe, most recently working in Shanghai for Range Rover, Mitsubishi and local manufacturer BYD. His style is heroic. He uses the combination and balance of available and portable light, expanding on the visual clues within each location. The brief is merely the starting point for Darren to impart his knowledge, sense of fun and attention to detail over the course of the shoot.

Clients include Audi, BMW, Ford, GM, Mazda, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Range Rover, Renault, Subaru and VW, amongst others.

David Ryle is a London based photographer, represented in the UK by Balcony Jump. His work encompasses people, places and cars.

His uniquely beautiful work has been featured globally for Chevrolet, Acura and Volvo and he has recently been awarded best in category in both the AOP and IPA Awards.

David Westphal has had a camera in his hand since he was 10 years old. As a result of growing up in the military, he had the opportunity to travel the world as a child,  documenting his adventures along the way. This naturally influenced his decision to become a location photographer. His passion for light and how it reflects on all surfaces, especially those that are highly reflective are a natural fit for his specialization as a location transportation photographer.

Clients include Ford, Jeep, Dodge, Toyota and Subaru.

Deniz Saylan is based in London and Stuttgart and specialises in cars, fashion and portraiture.

He has just returned from a production in Paris for Renault, while recent projects took Deniz to Detroit, USA to shoot the brand new Infiniti Sedan Q50. He also had the pleasure to shoot campaign images for the new Mercedes G-Class AMG G63 in France and with Formula 1 pilot Nico Rosberg. In the studio he recently welcomed the top secret 6x6 G63 pick-up for Mercedes-Benz that will soon be released onto the market.

Editorial work and portraits recently published include Die Zeit, Spiegel, Capital, Wirtschaftswoche, Lamborghini Magazine, ramp magazine, cap'z, American Express Magazine and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FAZ.

International automotive advertising and editorial photographer Easton Chang specialises in shooting cars. Based in Sydney, he is the winner of the 2012 Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards in the advertising category.

Clients include Audi, Chrysler, Jaguar, Mazda, Yokohama and Top Gear Magazine.

Ed Lee is at home as much in the studio as he is on location, but what he enjoys the most is finding the best solutions to challenging commissions. This could involve using his skills in CGI, various lighting techniques, tracking rigs, image manipulation in post production or elements of all.

Ed has worked for Jaguar, Honda, Land Rover, Vauxhall, Mercedes-Benz, SAAB, Toyota, SMART, Overfinch, Harley Davidson and many more.

Garry Simpson is a highly experienced car and landscape photographer. He works on a wide range of projects and has shot national and worldwide campaigns for a number of clients, including Nissan, Land Rover, VW, Lexus, Toyota and Mercedes, to name a few.

There's a subtle and measured sense of order to Garry’s work. His compositions have simplicity even though many of the shoots he works on are highly complex. He is renowned for his problem solving ability married with a desire to maintain a photographic believability.

For the past 20 years, German photographer Andre Klotz has specialised in car and liquid photography out of his base in Colombia. In 2012, Andre and his team worked for two of the largest automobile photography campaigns for Toyota and GM in Colombia.

Together with the Leo Burnett agency, Andre produced a series of photographs for Toyota vehicles available in the local market. The crew traveled to some of the most exotic places in the country during the course of nine months. He also worked with the McCann Erickson agency for the GM campaign for their image catalog and advertising.

Michael Miklas is a well-known photographer in all genres that bring together beauty, aesthetics, mood and expression - namely people, car and fashion photography. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that he loves to combine automotive photography with the aesthetic aspects of people and fashion photography, even though those fields require quite different approaches.

Following these requirements, knowing what works and blending their techniques results in very creative and modern pictures, often showing the subject from unusual angles. His compositions evoke emotions and show something special. They tell a story and concentrate it into one image while leaving plenty of room for interpretation. In many ways they are different up to the point of being irritating at first glance. Often they reveal their entire beauty and nature at the second and third glance.

Clients including Audi and Lambda Performance trust his intuition and share his passion for perfection. They also appreciate his sensitive and cooperative personality when it comes to successfully realising their projects.

Michael lives in Hannover, Germany where he runs his own studio and travels for projects all over the world. Visit his website for more information.

Specialising in car, landscape and 3D photography, Paul J Harvey has been working within the European advertising industry for over 10 years.

Paul’s passion for dynamic landscapes combined with his technical automotive skills make him a natural choice for this very specific and demanding field of work.

Recent news includes a 3D/CGI collaborative partnership with Taylor James in London. Internationally nominated personal works are regularly exhibited at galleries in both London and Paris.

Client list: Assystem, Channel4, Christian Dior, Chrysler, Citroen, Concorde-Lafayette, Ford, Gdf-Suez, Honda, Lancia, Mercedes, Mitsubushi, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, Shell, SNCF, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.

Photoagency.se is a team of four artists combining their strengths to give clients exactly what they need. The company works both nationally and internationally across automotive, fashion and film.

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Rafael Costa was born in Ribeirão Preto in 1963. After receiving an MFA in Achitecture, he started working in the cinematography department at TVC - Televisão e Cinema Ltda. From here, Rafael made his first approach into photography, starting with cinema and moving on to stills.

In 1998, he started his own studio from where he creates most of his work for renowned agencies. In 2003, Rafael had his first exhibition of personal work, 'Bendito Fruto', at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, leading to his 'Como Eu Vejo' show at SP Arte in 2010. In 2011, he released his book 'IMAGINARIO' during the Florence Biennale.

Sean Klingelhoefer has had an extremely busy winter and come out the other side with a huge range of new work. Most recently, Sean was selected to photograph a series of Chevrolet vehicles including the Volt, Spark EV and Cruze diesel (along with several others not seen here) for the global launch of Chevy’s “Find New Roads” campaign.

In addition to that, he went to Red Rock Canyon in Nevada to shoot a series of superhero-themed SEMA cars for Kia. He also shot reigning 2012 champ Ryan Hunter-Reay’s IndyCar for the cover of Racer Magazine at an abandoned Indianapolis Motor Speedway and managed to stuff a few personal shoots in while traveling abroad for other projects.

To house the massive collection of new work he has adopted a completely new web portfolio containing more images from these and other recent projects.

Latest news from Staud Studios:

• Whether in the steppe of Barren Mountain or in the desert – with a Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6 everything is possible! For this project, film and photgraphy was created by Staud Studios' innovative production unit – a one-stop solution the client appreciated very much. Photographer: Uwe Kristandt. Director: Matthias Berndt.
• To mark the Mercedes-Benz AMGs 45th anniversary, Staud Studios staged the AMG SLS GT3 on the race circuit in Monte Carlo. Photographer: Patrick Staud.
• The new Toyota Camry campaign for Russia was shot by René Staud in line with the TVC production in Madrid. Photographer: René Staud.
• For the Mercedes-Benz 230 SL 50th anniversary, Patrick Staud staged the car in fifties style in the company's studio in Leonberg. The editorial was published in Mercedes-Benz Classic Magazine. Photographer: Patrick Staud.
• Staud Studios had a very special guest in its studio, the new Porsche Boxter, and were challenged to give it a fresh new studio look. Photographer: Ralf Trumpp.

Visit the website to see these and other projects.

Stefano Morini is a Mallorca-based German photographer specialised in automotive, with worldwide commissions. His latest work includes:

• Chevrolet Malibu campaign shot in California (McCann).
• Buick Lacrosse catalog pictures shot in Shanghai (Publicis).
• Buick Encore catalog shot in Shanghai (Lowe).
• Buick 615 shot in Shanghai (Lowe).

Thomas Motta's photographs are often “one-shots”, taken without composition in a minimalistic, reduced, natural style. He prefers fast cars in their natural environment, so whenever possible he shoots car-to-car.

Additionally, Thomas takes spontaneous handheld shots that aren't found very often in today's commercial automobile photography.

Thomas also has the experience and knowledge needed to translate his style to a virtual car during a CGI shoot.

His clients include BMW, Porsche, Volvo and VW.

Tomek Olszowski, born in Krakow, Poland, is a graduate of Architecture and Digital Graphics. His love for cars and the magic of photography led to his way of life and his biggest passion - automotive photography.

Tomek began his adventure shooting cars in 2006. Working as an assistant in a Warsaw studio with the best commercial photographers in Poland, he kept creating and improving his portfolio and post production craft. Today, his work is defined by a unique style and quality.

Tomek offers full service car photography, including location day and night shots, studio shots, interior, static and motion shots, and montages with post production from the very beginning to final image. His client list includes Maserati Poland, Seat Magazine, Hyundai Magazine and TopGear Poland. Tomek has been awarded, honoured and nominated in international competitions including IPA, IAA, PX3 and Masters Cup.

Zafer Kaptanoglu graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and began his professional career in 1998, founding his own studio in 2000. Although renowned as an expert in all areas of advertising photography, he has developed a special interest in transportation (automotive, aviation, marine), major appliances, splash, still life, food/drink and beauty/people, with remarkable results. For Zafer, photography is a way of life rather than a profession. He has a patient personality that is focused on problem solving.